doom

[ doom ]

/ dum /

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noun

fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.

ruin; death: to fall to one's doom.

a judgment, decision, or sentence, especially an unfavorable one: The judge pronounced the defendant's doom.

the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.

Obsolete. a statute, enactment, or legal judgment.

verb (used with object)

to destine, especially to an adverse fate.

to pronounce judgment against; condemn.

to ordain or fix as a sentence or fate.

Nearby words

doolie, doolittle, doolittle, hilda, doolittle, james harold, dooly, doom, doom and gloom, doom palm, doom-laden, doomed, doomful

Origin of doom

before 900; Middle English dome, dōm, Old English dōm judgment, law; cognate with Old Norse dōmr, Gothic dōms; compare Sanskrit dhā́man, Greek thémis law; see do¹, deem

SYNONYMS FOR doom

1 See fate.

3 condemnation.

6 predestine.

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Related forms

doom·y, adjectivepre·doom, verb (used with object)self-doomed, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for doomed

doom

/ (duːm) /

noun

death or a terrible fate

a judgment or decision

(sometimes capital) another term for the Last Judgment

verb

(tr) to destine or condemn to death or a terrible fate

Word Origin for doom

Old English dōm; related to Old Norse dōmr judgment, Gothic dōms sentence, Old High German tuom condition, Greek thomos crowd, Sanskrit dhāman custom; see do 1, deem, deed, -dom

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